The systematic course pursued by the London Times, throughout the rebellion, to misrepresent the Conduct and intentions of the Federal Government toward the South, has been one of the most unprovoked, malicious and unjustifiable proceedings that ever marked the history of the Press, the evil consequences of which, we doubt not, will be felt in England for untold years to come. The climax of this fiendish spirit has, we think, culminated in its attack on Major-Gen. BUTLER, the basis of attack being the General's proclamation issued upon taking possession of New-Orleans. There is no use of going into lengthy arguments to justify the conduct of the Commander of the Federal army, a few facts, and terrible statistics, place the Times in the position of a willful falsifier, a slanderer on the largest scale. By the possession of the city by our forces, we are placed in possession of the official records of crime and we give an epitome of the homicides committed in this city for one year and four months, most of the time the city being under the "National" control of the Confederate Government.

Homicides committed in the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, from Jan. 1, 1861, to June 5, 1862.

Nov. 29 -- Wellington, a slave, killed by John Hodgins; murder. Discharged by Recorder, First District, want of evidence.

Dec. 1 -- Davis, slate of M. Guinault, killed by Geo. Chunck; discharged by Coroner. This slave was stealing chickens from the premises of Mr. Cheek, was discovered, ran, was called, and not stopping, was shot at and killed.

Dec. 26 -- Slave woman Susan, killed by Nicola Jolly, f.m.c. Styled himself a doctor and the woman died of an operation performed by him; discharged.

March 12 -- Candid de la Cruz, killed by some person unknown. This man was found lying on the levee, near the French Market, with his legs lying in the water. He coudn't or wouldn't give any information as to who had stabbed him, except it was one of his countrymen, a native of Manila.

By examining the above we can understand the terrible denunciations which were heaped upon the manner in which this city has been governed for years past, which appeared in the New-Orlenns True Delta of May 5, and we can further understand the literalness of the following from the same paper of June 20. The editor, complimenting Maj. BELL, the Provost Judge appointed by Gen. BUTLER, for his administration of justice, continues: "The good old time when Coroners' Juries would make a joke of an assassination, by finding, in defiance of the clearest facts, that the victim died from natural causes, or from wounds self-inflicted, or from a fell caused by intoxication, is past; AS IS THAT GLORIOUS EPOCH WHEN THE MURDERER, WITH BANDS UNWASHED OF BLOOD-STAINS SWAGGERED DEFIANTLY INTO THE POLICE COURTS, TO BE HAILED AS A HERO AND HAVE HIS ALIBI PREPARED. We have not yet begun to realize the full blessings of this altered state of affairs, but we are reasonably being so and in good time, when the mass of thinking people have leisure, and their minds are suitably composed for the purpose, it will be done."

The arrival of the National troops relieved the citizens of all the horrors suggested by the above statistics, and so graphically portrayed by the pen. In New-Orleans we believe that a white man was never hung for murder. In the last quarter of the century certainly this is the case; the poor idiotic Italian executed some years ago for arson being no exception to the rule. To all law-abiding citizens there has prevailed here for years a reign of terror that has morally crushed out the life of the people, and made them not only afraid of each other, but literally afraid of themselves.

Homicules Committed in the Parish of Orleans from the 6th of May to the 6th of July, two months, under the rule of Major-Gen. Butler.

May 6 -- Andreas Gebfoerick killed by some person unknown. Found at 2 o'clock A.M. murdered about a square from his house.

This second series of statistics show a most positive diminution of crime in New-Orleans under the rule of Gen. BUTLER, and promise that ere two months more pass away, that murder will be an exception; and not the rule of the events of the passing week.

The arrival of our troops, so far from being objectionable, if the people of New-Orleans could be assured that they would for all time to come be protected from their own rulers, that the knife of the assassin, the bludgeon of the murderer, and the tongue of the informer would not again be in vogue, these people would hail the arrival of Gen. BUTLER and his troops with unbounded enthusiasm; but the undefined and ever-threatening cloud of suspense, that they will be sacrificed finally, by the restoration of some old regime, keeps them comparatively silent and undemonstrative. Even under the revolutionary and lawless edicts of Gen. LOVELL, the city was no worse than in times past, and compared with some years, very much better. Since the arrival of Gen. BUTLER, the city has never enjoyed such tranquillity. The liberty of speech, for the first time in long years, is made possible. The streets are quiet by day and safe at night. Gen. BUTLER, Gen. SHEPLEY and Maj. BELL acting as the civil magistrates of the city, have restored social order, protected the weak, and made the deficient and lawless-strong helpless for evil. The National soldiers have set an example of good conduct without precedent in warfare. Not a soldier in the service has been arrested for any great violation of the peace; two "discharged men," assuming the garb of United States soldiers, with one citizen, and under the pretence of searching for contraband goods, robbed a house, and were hung. The example spread terror through the ranks of the lawless, and all similar crimes have ceased. The suffering poor of the city -- the wives and daughters of rebel soldiers now at Corinth and Richmond -- have been fed, and in many instances kept from starving, out of the abundance of the National stores. Every inducement has been held out to renew commerce. The churches and public schools, and all institutions of charity have been respected; in fact, every grace of peace has blessed the city as the result, not of its conquest by Gen. BUTLER, but because, under his command, it has been simply restored to the protection of the National Union.

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A version of this archives appears in print on July 14, 1862, on Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: BUTLER'S RULE AT NEW-ORLEANS.; A Reply to the London Times--Statistics to Show the Salutary Results of his Administration--Surprising Diminution of Crime. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe